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   debit

   /ˈdɛbɪt/

   noun

   • 1. an entry recording a sum owed, listed on the left-hand side or column of an account: "a double-entry system of bookkeeping, where each debit has a corresponding credit entry"
   • ▪ a payment made or owed: "a further debit of £21 6s 6d had been received from the Locomotive Department"

   verb

   • 1. (of a bank or other financial organization) remove (an amount of money) from a customer's account: "$10,000 was debited from their account"
   • ▪ remove an amount of money from (a bank account): "cash terminals automatically debit a customer's bank account"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘debt’): from French débit, from Latin debitum ‘something owed’ (see debt). The verb sense dates from the 17th century; the current noun sense from the late 18th century.

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